Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-01

hnree Negroes Arrested in Connection
With the Post Office Robbery in Union
Sounty-A Piece of Madison County
Entirely Surrounded by Oslethorpe
County Land.
GEORGIA.
A new POSTMASTER is TO be appointed at
Grace post Office, Lumpkin county. The
gentleman now in charge is to be re-
moved.
Three negroes named Galloway. broth
ers, are under arrest at DahlOnega' for
robbing the post Office at Suches, Union
county.
d. w. Perine, car inspector for the
RICHMOND and DanvIlle railroad. broke
one OF his legs in jumping from train at
Atlanta Sunday.
Solicitor General Brown OF Athens
CONT make more than 81, 900 year out OF
ms ONCE, while City Court Solicitor
eyivanus Morris receives $500 or $500.
Mrs. Hanon, wife OF James Hanon, Jr.,
died very suddenly at Ty-Ty on Friday Of
what some supposed TO nave been an apo
plectlc MT, as sne was attacked with fit
Friday morning and never recovered from
it.
The gold mine on the Caps lot, near
Dahlonega, is showing up well under the
management OF Messrs. GuTley, Parker
and Elliott. Rich ore has been found.
Tue ore will probably be miled at the
Iyey.
On Thursday small colored girl, while
at work Gu the plantation OF Judge NIGEL
murray. in Burke county, had her clotn-
ling 10 catch on FIRE, and before others
rklng with her could reach her, she
Us so seriously burned that death en-
Bned.
Contractor W. w. McAfee was in Lex
ington Saturday last to have a final set
Element with the county for tee building
he court house. He returned 10 At
fahta sunday morning laden with right
handsome sum OF ducaus.
Toombs NJ. Shaw has sold out his mer-
chandise in Ty-ry and gone to Riverside,
In Berrlen county, to go into business
there. be was the senior member of the
firm of T. M. Shaw & Co., aud also one Of
the newly elected COuncilmen OF the town,
as we'll as Clerk and Treasurer of Coun-
Gil and we'll liked by all who knew him.
There is little girl IN Prof. Harvard's
school at Vienna, IL years old, who re-
cited forty lessons last week with the fol.
lowing result: Fifteen in spelling, per-
fect; 10 IN reading, missed two; 10 in
arithmetic, missed three; in geography,
periect-missing only five words in forty
lessons, al Of which were of good length.
In the edge of Oglethorpe county, ad.
Joining Madison, there is a plantation to.
OuHutu Nv OgIELHOTD6 IdnQ. vel
II Is part OF Madison, as if patch had
been cut off OF Madison and sewed over
rent In Oglethorpe. 1t was caused by
gentleman having his premises, which
surrou nded the patch" cut off into Ogle-
thorpe.
Reports from MountvilIe, Troup county,
say that Abraham Whitfield, a thrifty
colored preacher, has been found dead in
the road with his mech and skull broken
He loft hts. at m oh 40 ~,
with another mans wife in a buggy.
Nothing issyet known of the womau's &C
count of it. TIE horse and buggy were
found near the body.
Lunatics are not always entirely devoid
OF wit and satire. A stranger walking
out about the Midway depot, at Milledge-
Vile, the other day, met squad of them
out walking for exercise aud asked one
OF them: Where does this railroad 20
top To which the lunatic replied: at
does not go anywhere. We keep it here
TO run the cars on.'
Peter Chisholm, a negro, was found
dead near the railway track of the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railway
Friday morning, five miles from Leon
An inquest held found that be was killed
by the early train from cambridge to
Climax. The morning he WAS killed was
very foggy, and as the train goes down
before daylight it was, as the engineer re-
ports0too dark Tor him TO have seen man
lying on the track.
Miss Mary Goldwire suffered a very
painful accident on Sunday afternoon
L. She is teaching school at Folkston,
aud very frequently spends her
Sundays with relatives at Waycross,
Last Sunday afternoon, on her return
TO her home, in getting off the cars at
Folkston, by some means, either by the
careiessness OF the conductor or other
wise, the ear door shut with great force,
ciAcning two of the fingers on her right
hand, MASKING them very badly, if not
crushing the bones.
The State Lunatic Asylum Cornet Band.
augmented now to twenty-one In num-
her, is progressing quite well. DR.. Powell
intends having handsome band stand
erected in the front yard, and the long
summer evenings will doubtless be en-
, livened through the dull season with
some flne music. 1t is presumed that they
will have specified times to play, and the
peopleof Milledgeville will doubtless de-
rive much pleasure in driving out in the
summer afternoons to enjoy the music,
1t will be quite an acquisition to the at
fractions OF the asylum.
1t is very likely that a soap factory will
be established in Atlanta in a few days.
Last Saturday party of Ohio gentlemen
went there TOR that purpose, and IL an
eligible slgnt can De selected ground will
be broken at once and the erection of the
building begun. 1t is the intention OF
these gentlemen to manufacture soap not
only for Atlanta, but for the whole South.
They have looked over several cities in
the>South, and finally settled upon At
lama as being the most favorable point.
partly on account OF the cIty's railroad
connections. The mandatory will give
employment TO about 100 men.
At Clayton last week there was filed In
the Office Of the Clerk of the Superior
Court a bill to forfeit the charter granted
TO the Rabun Turnpike Company. The
bill is voluminous, and contains many
stubborn allegations against the COM
psny. There are number of complain
ants TO the bill. Some OF the wealtbIest
oil liens Of Macon county, N. c., are
parties. There has been a great deal of
dissatisfaction and a number OF petty
law suits resulting from the manner in
which this road has been conducted for
the last fifteen years. The forfeiture OF
the coarLer Will not only receive the ap-
probation OF every North Carolinian, but
many Of the best citizens OF Rabun
county. -
Al Daniels I.z..ss-revK ago a large dog
IL.